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They do a great job bluing but be prepared for the unexpected. Here's a picture of a standard they did for me. I had to clean the bluing off the bolt and whoever prepped it for bluing got a little carried away rounded off the collar on the front of the barrel so it looks a little odd.

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you gotta call them and ask try and get a quote, they like to say" we have to see it first to evaluate and quote a price, liked it better in the old days when the "refinish" prices were posted (listed), but with all the "other" BS, shipping, some dealers love to charge a "transfer" or other such "fees", taxes on service, and on and on.......all my guys are dead ,gone and me and Walter ( me anyway) are retired, his shop 'closed due to the owners death, and all his "stuff", tanks and machinery is in storage the past few years and he is older than me!! :cool: :rolleyes: :unsure:;)

(we do still tinker and do emergency, "local" stuff if NEED be.........):sneaky:
 

rock 22

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you gotta call them and ask try and get a quote, they like to say" we have to see it first to evaluate and quote a price, liked it better in the old days when the "refinish" prices were posted (listed), but with all the "other" BS, shipping, some dealers love to charge a "transfer" or other such "fees", taxes on service, and on and on.......all my guys are dead ,gone and me and Walter ( me anyway) are retired, his shop 'closed due to the owners death, and all his "stuff", tanks and machinery is in storage the past few years and he is older than me!! :cool: :rolleyes: :unsure:;)

(we do still tinker and do emergency, "local" stuff if NEED be.........):sneaky:
Thanks. Just picked up a 5 1/4 target model not real bad just deserves a better look. Tapered bolt ears.
 

Cal30 1906

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They do a great job bluing but be prepared for the unexpected. Here's a picture of a standard they did for me. I had to clean the bluing off the bolt and whoever prepped it for bluing got a little carried away rounded off the collar on the front of the barrel so it looks a little odd.

XBxOtKkl.jpg
What did they charge?
 

RugerMonkey

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I bought an old 3-screw .357 Magnum Blackhawk (circa 1969) that had the recall done (and was missing the original parts) from a friend of a friend that had been seriously neglected and had a bulged barrel. Aside from the bulge there was rust and a lot of missing bluing, but otherwise it was mechanically sound. I replaced the barrel with a $42 one from Ebay, now I had a total of $92 invested in it if that gives you an idea of how bad it looked. I was going to just store it under the seat of my truck for emergencies, but it had so much potential and shot so good I had to try something to make it more presentable.

I ordered a bottle of Brownell's Oxpho-Blue Creme and went to work with sandpaper and steel wool. I'm still working on it, but I've finished the entire barrel, hammer and cylinder. I followed the directions on the bottle with the exception of heating it up with a heat gun to almost too warm to handle with my bare hands before applying the bluing. I have to tell you; this stuff did a great job. It went on easy and dark and seems to be very durable. I've heard some people claim it wears off easily, but a couple of times I had to redo some I screwed up and the Oxpho-Blue was just as hard to remove as the original bluing. And if the bluing does wear away, you can easily dab on a little leftover bluing and blend it right in.

The grip frame is aluminum alloy, as is the ejector shroud. I bought a can of DuraCoat semi-gloss black engine paint at Oreilly's that I plan to use on those. I'll try to do a before and after thread with pics when it's all done.
 

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